The title of this blog comes from a very popular song about the World Cup... I've heard it so many times it isn't funny... And not just because the World Cup just began. The radio stations play it at least once a day during soccer season here, and it is played at every soccer game. Especially if it is a game that we have won! :) It translates to: '54, '74, '90, 2006 (in 1954, 1974, and 1990, Germany won the World Cup. The song was made in preparations for the 2006 championship, with the hopes that they would win once again); "Yes, we all join in! With heart in hand, and passion in the leg, we'll be the 'World Champions'!" Weltmeister (or World Champion) is what they call the winner of the World Cup. And the entire tournament is called the Weltmeisterschaft (World Championship).
As you all (hopefully) know, the World Cup started on June 11th. So far, I've only missed two games... And only fallen asleep during one! :) Honestly, though, there really is nothing better than a World Cup Nap. The lulling sounds of blow-horns are oddly soothing for me. Maybe because I'm a World Cup Baby :) In the beginning, I was not at all impressed by the competition. Most every team seemed sloppy to me, and I even described the Grecian team as looking like soccer retirees attempting to play against a fresh team. But enough of the shop talk... If you're following the games, you don't need me to update you. And if you aren't following them, it is obviously for a reason :) ... Although, please let me know if you are not watching the World Cup, so I can delete you from my address book.
Yesterday was my mommy's 50th birthday! Yes, 50!! Can you believe it?! Kristina and I sent her some flowers to her office to celebrate with her, since we can't be there in person. Unfortunately, our adventures abroad are poorly lined up, celebration-wise. Joey turned 16 earlier this month, Mom just turned 50, Dad will be turning 50 in September, and PopPops will be celebrating his 80th birthday in October. (October, right?) Tess officially moved away from the teen years with her 20th birthday in April, and Mommy graduated with her Masters of Science just last week. My cousin Megan and my bestie Ashley are both getting married, a close friend of mine bought his first house, and on top of all that I'm missing out on everyone else's birthdays and personal accomplishments. I've got to be honest, sometimes it is hard watching all of this go by... Knowing that if I had stayed, I could be a part of all these essential moments in my family's and friend's lives. But what I am doing here is giving me a lot of amazing experience; both in what it is like to run a household, and in opportunities to travel and do things I normally would not have been able to do. Life is give and take, after all. And while I'm here, I'm taking all that I can!! Which unfortunately means a lot of giving up, as well.
The baby is doing wonderfully. If she is awake during the day, she is almost always calm and peaceful. She only cries when she's pushing one out (if you know what I mean), or dying of hunger. We have her on a pretty normal schedule, so she has been sleeping consistently through the night. Maren puts her to bed between 11 and 12, and she doesn't wake up until 5 or 6, sometimes even 7 in the morning. (I just realized... I have blogged since the baby was born, right? I know I wrote a little note on FaceBook about it... I'm sure I've told all of you guys about it, too... Well, if I didn't, her name is Miriam and she was born on May 24th!) Until this week, I had never seen Michael (the father) hold her. But Maren is finally forcing him to take part, as well, and in the last couple of days he has been officially a part of the Taking Care of Baby Shift. I know he hates it, but he's the dad! He's supposed to take care of the baby! One time, he made a joke when Miriam was crying about how I should do something about it, and I almost said "hey buddy, I didn't get to partake in any of the fun, I'm most certainly not going to take over all the responsibility!" but decide that 1) that would be fairly rude, though funny... and 2) it might have been construed as flirting... And I like to stay far away from anything of that sort. Creepy.
We leave in one week for our vacation, and I'm not sure if I will have much internet availability there... So just a head's up, I might disappear until August. But I'll do my best to hack into the neighbor's internet account, so I don't have to leave you all high and dry :)
Other than World Cup and Baby, I don't have much to update on... I hope everyone is happy and healthy on this gorgeous summer day!! Any exciting summer vacations planned? I know most of the Karmans will be spending their vacation days at Meg's wedding in two weeks... I'm so excited for you all!! Have an amazing time!
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